The book is in first person, Meursault is the one telling the story. He is a young man that lives in Algiers. He finds out in the beginning of the book that his mother dies, so Meurault must take a bus to Marengo, where his mother had been staying. Meursault stays all night by his mother's coffin with her caretaker. After the funeral, he runs into an old friend back in Algiers and they go out to a movie, after the movie they spend the night together, but when Meursault awakes, she is gone. The following Saturday, Marie goes to visit Meursault and asks if he loves her. He tells her that it didn't mean anything. They are interrupted with yelling coming from a neighbor, turns out the neighbor is than arrested for beating up his mistress. Once that is over, Marie asks Meursault to marry her, he tells her that they can if she wants to. So they become engaged. Meursault ends up than killing his neighbors, mistress's brother. He is than arrested and thrown into jail. At the trial, he is found guilty and is sentenced to death by beheading.
WHY?
This book deserves to be a college bound book because for one it earned the Nobel Prize in literature, it also uses very well grammer and detailing, also some of the things he would say would really make you think.
EXAMPLE:
"I said that people never change their lives, that in any case one life was as good as another and that I wasn’t dissatisfied with mine here at all."
This quote was in Chapter 5, page 41. The part said, “one life was as good as another” shows that even if things can change, somones life always stays the same. It also states that one persons life is equal to anothers. I really liked this quote from the book, it really made you think.
READ IT!
I would definately recommend you to read this book. It is a hard read, but if you are looking for a challenge, than just try this book. Yes, it does start a little slow, but that changes after the next couple pages, trust me it is worth it. It is a good story and a very good lesson to learn from.
The Stranger
by: Albert Camus
OVERLOOK:
The book is in first person, Meursault is the one telling the story. He is a young man that lives in Algiers. He finds out in the beginning of the book that his mother dies, so Meurault must take a bus to Marengo, where his mother had been staying. Meursault stays all night by his mother's coffin with her caretaker. After the funeral, he runs into an old friend back in Algiers and they go out to a movie, after the movie they spend the night together, but when Meursault awakes, she is gone. The following Saturday, Marie goes to visit Meursault and asks if he loves her. He tells her that it didn't mean anything. They are interrupted with yelling coming from a neighbor, turns out the neighbor is than arrested for beating up his mistress. Once that is over, Marie asks Meursault to marry her, he tells her that they can if she wants to. So they become engaged. Meursault ends up than killing his neighbors, mistress's brother. He is than arrested and thrown into jail. At the trial, he is found guilty and is sentenced to death by beheading.
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This book deserves to be a college bound book because for one it earned the Nobel Prize in literature, it also uses very well grammer and detailing, also some of the things he would say would really make you think.
EXAMPLE:
"I said that people never change their lives, that in any case one life was as good as another and that I wasn’t dissatisfied with mine here at all."
This quote was in Chapter 5, page 41. The part said, “one life was as good as another” shows that even if things can change, somones life always stays the same. It also states that one persons life is equal to anothers. I really liked this quote from the book, it really made you think.
READ IT!
I would definately recommend you to read this book. It is a hard read, but if you are looking for a challenge, than just try this book. Yes, it does start a little slow, but that changes after the next couple pages, trust me it is worth it. It is a good story and a very good lesson to learn from.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PbKUGr1CX0Y
The Stranger, it doesn't give a movie of the whole book, but it is a quick summary
and helps you understand the book better if you have trouble reading it.